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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17

The fiery, untamed soda water tank,
which has chiefly distinguished itself since
the advent of hot weather this year by
bursting and killing or manning its at
PENDANTS, has made a new departure, and
o appears in the role OF a most efficient
eXtinguisher Of fire. Some days ago at
Louisville, Ky, a boy carried a lighted
candle into the cellar Of n drug store, and
in some unexplained way set fire to n ves-
sci full of varnish, which blazed up
through a grating in front Of the building
rs high as the second floor. Before. how
ever, the flames could gain Roadway in the
building, the heat had melted the lead
pipe connected with the newly charged
soda fountain, and the flames were in
stantly eXtinguished.-Fire and Water.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17
HEiMc's LEGEND DREAMS.
The ancient legends beckon

The ancient legends beckon i.
As with a magic hand, .
And sing their wondrous stories J
or HI enchanted land,
Where fairest flowers languish.
In the golden sunset tide,
And o o with such tender glances
AS light the face Of a bride.
Where all the trees are blending :
Their songs I'm chorus sweet,
And glecful springs make music
For merry dancing feet;
Where strains Of love keep sounding.
As nowhere else are heard.
Until with wild, sweet longing,
The heart is wildly stirred.
All, could / reach that country, :
And there forget all pain,
And cease from every sorrow,
Be blithe and free again!
All in that land OF gladness,
In dreams l often roam,
Then comes the morning sunlight
It's gone, like lightest foam.
Albany Journal
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17
InsurinY the Aged.

The prudential companies insure grand
fathers and g~randmothers as well as the
little ones on the weekly payment plan.
In this case the premium is almost in
variably paid by the sons and daughters
Of the old folks, many having families OF
their own, and insuring their W chill
dren as well rs their parents, so that in
some tenement households it Is not un-
common for an agent to collect the pre-
MUM on the life of n baby and that Of a
grandmother at the same time. But the
amount Of the premium is not the same.
The limit OF age in the table before me is
70 years. In the case Of q person OF Az
years the five cent payment only secures
a trife-6O cents. For a weekly payment
OF % cents, however, a person OF 40 years
is allowed $500, and for 80 cents per week
he or she secures 5000. At 80 years the
payment is $500 for % cents per week and
500 for 80 cents. AT 60 years it is Sl2O
for % cents and $40 for so cents, and Mt
70 years il is 500 for the smaller and $50
for the larger sun
In the case Of the old folks as well as
the children, the object generally is to Sc
cure enough money at death to pay the
funeral expenses. This is not speculation,
like the graveyard insurance that has
fourished in many places. 1t is merely
prudential provision for the day when the
undertaken will surely call. If anything
remains over when he is paid, SO much the
better; it is sure to be needed. Pruden-
tial insurance is in many respects a very
good thing. The objections TO it are
chiefly sentimental, and mere sentiment is
always more likely to hinder than help in
the struggle of life. Our German friends
seem to have less Of it than most others,
which partly accounts for their greater
readiness to insure life as well rs their
property.-New York Cor. Detroit Free
Press.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17
MINING APPLICATION NO. 50I
u. S. LAND OFFICE, DEApwOop, ID. I.

December 9Th, 1887.
Notice IL hereby given that Ernest IL. Smith,
whose postoflice address is Custer City, Custer
Comfy, ID. T., has made application for a patent
for Smith Placer Claim of t5.25iU acres placer
1lot organized mining district, Custer County.
Dakota, and described In the official plat ant
field notes on file in this Office, as follows, viz.
Beginning at most westerly corner OF Smlt
Placer claim, at IA Square pine post 4A4x6f inches
st la ground and In mound ot rock, marked NJ.
C.. 57 on one side and No. l on opposite side foi
corner No. 1, being also corner NO. |, Nj. &. SOS
Clark Placer Claim, from which corner u. ).
l.. lcating Monument No. 80 bears >. ~ deg. ~
M II. f., 1874 feet distant. Sptre Custer City
School house bears y. 90 deg. AZ min. W. Calahl-
T,ence first course, =. p deg. T., variation II
deg. 10 min. 4, 1889 feet tn corner No. 2; thence
second course Il, variation 10 deg. 10 min, r
1895 feet to corner No. 3; thence third course \,
variation IL deg. 10 min. 4 6i6.5-i8 feet to corner
No. 4; thence fourth course L, variation ID deg.
10 min. +, lls2.5-l0 feet TO corner No. 8: thence
fifth course y, Il deg. 25 min. w, variation ID deg.
10 min. L, 1853 feet to corner No. 6: thence. sixth
course w, variation IL deg. 10 min. r., 1924 feet TO
corner No. Z; thence seventh course ), . deg 40
min. 4, variation 10 deg. 10 min f., u feet 10
corner No. s; thence eighth course ", ~ deg. 33
min. w, variation 10 deg. 10 min. f., 1902 feet 70
corner No. .; thence ninth course ), ! deg. %
min. w, yarition L. deg. 10 min T., 9i feet To
corner humber I and place OF beginning, con
tanning a5.25 acres of placer mining ground.
The Locations of this mine is recorded In the
Register OF Deeds office of Custer County, ID. T.,
on pages 207, 2us, 209, 30 and 87, III book 1 OF
Locations Adjoining claimants are Clark Placer
Claim Oh nortli and Townsite of Custer City ON
west.
An persons holding adverse claims thereto are
re luired to present the same before this office
within sixty days from the first day Of publica.
ton hereof, or they viii be barred by virtue of
the provisions of the statute.
JOHN r. WHITESlDE, Register.
D%HALp M%FSpoSALp' Att'ys for Claimant.
II Is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
OF application for patent be published for the
perioi OF sixty days, item consecutive weeks IN
the Custer CHRONICLE, "A weekly newspaper
published at Custer city, Dakota.
JOHN Il. WHITESlDE, Register.
First publication. Dee. II.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17

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Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17

Washington Letter: Senator-elect
p.sco of Florida, the successor ofthe
cctntric Jones, arrived to-day. The
lew senator from the land of flowers Is
o.e O. those whom there is much desire
2 see. Much ofthis curiosity is occasio-
| because of the long and desperate
s.rTggle in the Florida legislature be-
t&een the friends of Ex-Gov BloXam and
GOV Perry, when to Settlethe controversy
-tir Pasco, then speaker Of the lower
house, was run in as Il dark horse and
son the stakes, One Of the striking
"harcteristics of the newly elected
ssnator is his extreme modesty He
could put to shame npon this point the
most bashful girl. lie is small in
%,lture, and has the appearance more of
g typical Louisiana Creole han an
.I.ngIishman by birth. The senator is
older then he appears. He does not
COX TO be over forty when in fact he is
past fifty. He was born in England.
mt came to this country with his parents
at an early age. and lived until he had
finished his education in Massachusetts.
lust before the breaking out Of the war
Aa went to Florida, where he has lived
since.
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societies.



Custer City odge, No. 66, A. F. & A. NJ, meets
in Masonic hall In regular communication on
{ he first ana third Wednesdays of each month.
s. NJ. BooTH, w. NJ.
FL. V. RUTKowsKI. Sec,
q. 4. *.
Gen. steele Post No. 9i meets in regular session
on the lst and Bird Fridays of each month at the
Court House Hall at 1880 y. IN. Visiting mem
bcrs will meet with a hearty welcome.
s. NJ. BOOTH, Commander,
AT FEAYl Adjutant.
I. q. q. r..
Fidelity Lodge Of I. y. G, T, meets at the
Court. House at 7:3o p, m. Saturday evenings.
J, G. CARR, w, G., T.. c. +. BoYDEN, VS.,
". Z. 7. u.
The Womans Christian Temperance Union
meets on the LIST and Bird Thursdays Of each
month nj 3 o'clock p. IN. III the Methodist
Church Ladies are cordially invited TO attend
our sessions.
MRS. A. YERKEs, Prest.
Miss II. +. f. DENNY, K. s.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17
mo. 39i.l
APPLICATION FOR A PATENT.
U. s. LAND OFFICE, DEApwooD, OAK.

November -, 1857. I
Notice is hereby given that Charles II. Walker,
and William =. wood, whose postoiiice address
IS Custer City, Custer County, Dakota Territory,
have this day hied their application for "A patent
for the Clark Placer Mining Claim, N-tli surface
ground 5y.t3 acres, situated In no organized, bat
known rs Custer mining district, County Of Gus
ter aud Territory of Dakota, and designated by
the field notes and official plat on file In this
office as Tot utmber E6, in Custer mining district,
Custer County, Dakota Territory, Meridian of
the Black Hills, said lot No. 500 being as follows,
to-wit;
Beginning at the most southerly corner of'the
Clark Placer mine at "a square pine post 6N6N6i
inches, set In ground ad mound of rock
marked NJ. G.. COG OF one II ie, and No. | on OPP
pOsltc side for corner No. /. From which corner
l.. =. Locating Monument bars south, ~ deg. ~
min. east, 1874 fett distant; Calamity James
peak bears n, 60 deg. 80 MN. -; Spirc Custer
City school house b ars \, - deg. ~ min. W.
corner No. .; thence second course, v. 65 deg.
81 min. T.. 3d. feet To corner No. 3; thence third
course, SO deg. or min. +, 3sG feet to corner No. I;
Coz b 10 feet to corner No. o; thence fifth course,
) ~ dec. "a min. i, 81, feet to corner No: &;
thence sixth course, ; 5 deg. IS min. f, 1874 feet
10 corner No. Z; thence seventh course, \. 81
deg. 80 min. w, 1902 feet 10 corner No. 3; thence
eighth course, =. ] deg. 80 min. w, 92t feet 10
corner No. | o. place OF beginning. Magnetic
variation 10 deg. 10 min. east, containing 5s.65
acres.
The location of this mine is recorded In the
Register of Deed, office OF Custer county, Dakota
territory, III Donk Oh IorallohS, pages. 3fll, o4a,
272, 273, The adjoining ~clatnants are the Town
site Of Custer city on the west, and the Smith
Placer claim on the south.
Any and al persons claiming adversely any por-
ton of said Clark Placer mining claim, mine or
surface ground are required TO file their adverse
claims with the Register of the United States
Land ONCE AT Deadwood, in the Territory Of Da-
kota, during the sixty days period of publication
hereof, or they will be barred by virtue OF the
provisions of the statute.
JOHN X. WHtTESIDE, Register.
n DSnA AFF,W'TSNI"' Att'ys for Applicants,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17
CUSTER CHRONICLE
TERRfTORIiL OFFICERS

Govetnor-Louis X. Church.
sccretaIy-M n. l., Mccormack.
cllet Justice-iaftlett Trip.
Associate Justices-Charles ". Thomas, W.. b.
Mcconnell, &. ). Palmer and James Spencer.
Unlted states Attorney-John +. Garland.
United States Marshal--D. w. Maratta.
Surveyor General--Maris Taylor.
ID Glegatc To Copgrcss--O. $. Clifford.
Territorial Treasurer w. Raymond.
Territorial Auditor-E. w Caldwell.
uperintendent Of Public lnstruction-A.Sher.
ilan Jones. Assistant. W, Cowan.
Attorney General--George :. Engel
Commissioner OF Observation-Disclosures Dunlap
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17

Clerk Of Court--F. J. V. Rutkowski.
District Attorney--W. II. Frye.
COMMISSIONERS. NJ. Booth, J. Y. Street, j. II.
Humphries,
Shcrif--Benj. r. Porter.
Register Of Deeds--Jos, f. Pitcher.
Treasurer--E. II, Flynn,
tsseSsor--Samucl r. Maddox.
Judge Of Protate--Cyrus W. Robbins.
Coroner-J. H.. Conant.
Supt. Of Pub. Instruction-Willis e Bower.
Justice ofthe Peace. NJ. Lewis, Custer.
Constable--Jas Scott, Custer.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17
A Remarkable Firearm.

An astonishing firearm has been intro
duced in France. 1t is Of French origin,
and Is wonderful in the results obtained.
AT 3, 200 feet distance 80 per cent. Of the
balls hit n number Of baskets representing
a company Of soldiers. Col. Iebel, the
inventor, stood within ten feet Of a target
while Of his friends fred at it 5000
feet distant.-Chicago Times.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17
A Peaceful Parish.

There has been discovered in a parish
on the Louisiana coast Of the gulf a place
in which no disorder Ia ever heard Of. j.
which there Is a court wit hout a criInir.
on the docket and a Jail u ed for the stor.
age Of cereals. -Chicego Tines.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17

Officers.

Register-John r. Whiteside, Deadwood.
Keceiyer-John LaFaber, DeAdwood.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17

1t is hereby ordered that the foregoing notice
of application for Patent he published for the
period of sixty days, (ten consecutive weeks In
the Custer CHRONICLE, a weekly newspaper
published al Custer City, ID. i.
JOHN K. WHITESIDE, Register.
First publication, December 5.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17

man was taken. but it is supposed that
he is now enjoying affairs in Mime.
sofa.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17
COncTpy a fiOnaI Church.

Rev. William Jones, Pastor. Divine scrv-
ice every Sunday AT IL n. IN. and 7:30 y. IN. san
day school at 10 n. m. An address every Thurs
day night at 1880 to which all are earnestly
invited.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17
Churches.
fhRrch.

Rev. w. u. Atwatcr Pastor-Services In the NJ
J.. Church every sunday at II o'clock n, m, and
7:S0 O'Clock p. ~. All are cordially invited.
sabbath school ut 10 o'clock n. m.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17

Handsomely and durabiy bound In
Leatherette Tree Cali, q book of $50
pages, fully illustrated. THE regular
price In any bookstore would be Sl.25l.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-12-17

OOOOONF WV CITNN' "GN'B
Plonecr Press Co., St. Paul, MINI.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-05
Not Much of a Doctor.

Names and titles are sometimes mis-
leading. A gentleman who rejoiced il
the title of Doctor of Music was stopped
on the street one day by an Irishman
who was carrying under his arm a bat
tered and ancient cornet.
"Air We a Docther of Music9" de-
manded the man with the brass instru
ment.
II am"
"Oh, an I'm glad to see yez! Thi'
is the old cornet l used to play in the
Army, and the other day a ilat-iron fell
on it accidentally
"Well?"
"Iver since there has been some
thing the matter with B flat, and"-
"Well what?"
"And, as l was about to say. il yor
car list set it straight, so that l can
toot on it properly, I'll give ye me
loife-long blessing an twinty-tivs
c~ints!"
But l am not an instrument
member"
zoe aintp Then ye're not much Of .
docther, after all!'- YoxA's Campas'
ion.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-05
The FutiIity Of Hate.

Hate not. 1t is not worth your while.
Your life is not long enough to make il
pay to cherish ill-will or hard thoughts.
What if this man has cheated you or
that man has played you falsep What il
your friend has forsaken you in time Of
need, or that one. having won
your entire confidence, your warm
est love, has concluded that
he prefers to consider and treat
you as a stranger. Let it all pass.
What difference will it make to you in
a few years, when you go to the undis-
covered country? A few more smiles.
, few more pleasures, much pain, a lit
lie longer hurrying and worrying
through the world, some hasty greet.
lngS. abrupt farewclls. and our play
will be played OUT the injured will
be laid away, and, ere long forgotten.
Is it worthy to hate each other?-Farm
md Freside.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-05
SOLITAIRE e.

,..,,ncef Yes; that's the woman's gamei
Tss dul, delight Of solitude,
,,.a.o rank 90 rank she strives to frame.
"n sd. .eech or laughter ne'er intrude.
,,,,,, after night beside the fire.
MEL, Wnsr evenings lonely lamp is lit.
Nssed With thoughts that e and tire
among the cards her fingers nit.
.rso ~uonsn's game! On some poor king
41 Tns sequence Of her play is built;
o,sen comes after, hapless thing!
7l, nd next tho knnve with grinning guilt
~,e, all her treasures, n BY one,
'n .rs thrown away to swell the pile,
rhs last and least; when that is done
Rsnin again; the night beguile.
womau's game: to sit and wait;
Rnild and rebuild, though fate destroy.
rhuNle the cards; for soon or late
There comes an end to grief and Joy.
A man may fight, or sow, or reap,
niyite the seas, or traverse earth;
Che ran hut drudge, or pray, or weep.
what ore her life and loving worth?
Che sits there when the day Is dead,
Lonely and listlessly. Do you dare
Dpnv. when all is done and said.
mat woman's game is solitaire?
-.Ross Terry Cooke, in Harper's Basar.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-05
THE BABY.
A Newspapers fort TO Ascertain It's
Exact Whereabouts.

A Newspapers fort TO Ascertain it,
Exact Whereabouts.
As there Sc ems to be a rage among
newspapers for writing to a great num-
Der of people for their opinions on some
subjects, the Rambler took it upon it.
self to discover by this method the best
baby in the city. The letters were sent
of course to mothers only, and read as
follows:
DEAR MADAM-Can you inform me
where the incest, sweetest and prettiest
baby in this city is to be found?
''THE PUBLISHERS"
The leave us somewhat in
doubt. There seems to be q difference
of opinion on the subject.
Mrs. J. writes: "At my house, Of
course, stupid
Mrs. L. C. D. remarks: "In the
city!! The prettiest, sweetest and
incest baby in the world is at our
house."
Mrs. John 7. says: Call any time
and I'll show it to YOU"
Mrs. Fitz-J. de T. tells us: Il don't
know much about it myself. I asked
nurse; and she said my baby answered
the description. l guess she's right.
At any rate, I'll look into the nursery
after the reception this afternoon, and
see."
Mrs. D. v. evidently mistakes our
motive. for she writes back: Il shall
never permit my little Tot to enter a
baby show"
Mrs. Patrick NJ. says: "Barrin' a
pair Of bow-legs, my Biddy is vanuA"
Mrs. Solomon l. writes: "Shust cam
down some day und see Shaky. und
YOU Won't look some more, l guess"
But the most unique letter Of the lot
reads as follows: "For the love OF
Heaven, don't come here. We've the
dirtiest, squalling brat on the continent,
| write this to put you on you1 guard.
but don't let on to Mrs. T. that l an.
swered your note. JOHN T."
A bachelor who received q note by
mistake responds: ut amt TO b.
found. - Chicago Rambler.
The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-02-05
Gas from Petroleum.

A new method Of manufacturing illus
minating gas from crude petroleum
consists in conducting a stream of the
petroleum to a moderately heated
chamber, thereby producing va.
por and liquid, and then sepa-
rately conducting the vapo.
to decomposing retorts heated to a Ger.
.ain temperature, and at the same time
conducting the liquid portions to decom-
posing retorts heated to n higher TEN,
,crature, whereby the respective pro-
lucts are decomposed. and converted to
permanent gas. without oyerhcating
.ither.--N. Y. Post